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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I'm discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it's a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.

Eric Clapton

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Eric Clapton
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 30
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